1986 Cannes Film Festival

Juries

Main competition

• Sydney Pollack, American filmmaker, producer, and actor - Jury President
• Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian musician
• Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress
• Lino Brocka, Filipino filmmaker
• Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer
• Philip French, English film critic and producer
• Alexandre Mnouchkine, French-Russian producer
• István Szabó, Hungarian filmmaker
• Danièle Thompson, French filmmaker
• Alexandre Trauner, Hungarian-French production designer

''Camera d'Or''

• Anne Fichelle - Jury President
• Christophe Ghristi, cinephile
• Lawrence Kardish cinephile
• Serge Leroy, French filmmaker
• Pierre Murat, film critic
• Ivan Starcevic, journalist
• Eva Zaoralova, journalist

Official selection

In Competition

The following feature films competed for the Palme d'Or:

''Un Certain Regard''

The following films were selected for the Un Certain Regard section:

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

Short Films Competition

The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:

• 15-Août by Nicole Garcia (France)
• Heiduque by Y. Katsap, L. Gorokhov (Russia)
• A Gentle Spirit (Lagodna) by Piotr Dumala
• Le Vent by Csaba Varga
• Les Petites Magiciennes by Vincent Mercier, Yves Robert (France)
• Les Petits Coins by Pascal Aubier
• Miroir d'ailleurs by Willy Kempeneers
• Nouilles Sèches (Dry Noodles) by Dan Collins
• Peel by Jane Campion (Australia)
• Question d'optiques by Claude Luyet
• Quinoscopio by Juan Padron
• Street of Crocodiles by Brothers Quay
• Turbo Concerto by Martin Barry

Parallel sections

International Critics' Week

The following feature films were screened for the 25th International Critics' Week (25e Semaine de la Critique):

• 40 Square Meters of Germany (40 Quadratmeter Deutschland) by Tevfik Baser (West Germany)
• Devil in the Flesh by Scott Murray (Australia)
• La Dona del traghetto by Amedeo Fago (Italy)
• Esther by Amos Gitaï (Israel)
• Faubourg Saint-Martin by Jean-Claude Guiguet (France)
• San Antoñito by Pepe Sanchez (Colombia)
• Sleepwalk by Sara Driver (United States)

Directors' Fortnight

The following films were screened for the 1986 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):

• Cactus by Paul Cox
• Comic Magazine (Komikku Zasshi Nanka Iranai) by Yōjirō Takita
• Dancing in the Dark by Leon Marr
• The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain) by Denys Arcand
• Defence of the Realm by David Drury
• Devil in the Flesh (Diavolo in corpo) by Marco Bellocchio
• Giovanni Senzapensieri by Marco Colli
• Golden Eighties by Chantal Akerman
• Malandro (Ópera do Malandro) by Ruy Guerra
• Memoirs of a Sinner by Wojciech Has
• Qing Chun Jin by Nuanxin Zhang
• Schmutz by Paulus Manker
• She's Gotta Have It by Spike Lee
• Sid and Nancy by Alex Cox
• Sorekara by Yoshimitsu Morita
• Tarot by Rudolf Thome
• Visszaszamlalas by Pal Erdoss
• Working Girls by Lizzie Borden

Official Awards

In Competition

• Palme d'Or: The Mission by Roland Joffé
• Grand Prix: The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky
• Best Director: Martin Scorsese for After Hours
• Best Actress:
  • Barbara Sukowa for Rosa Luxemburg
  • Fernanda Torres for Love Me Forever or Never
• Best Actor:
  • Michel Blanc for Evening Dress
  • Bob Hoskins for Mona Lisa
• Best Artistic Contribution: Sven Nykvist (cinematography) for The Sacrifice
• Jury Prize: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier

''[[Caméra d'Or]]''

• Noir et Blanc by Claire Devers

[[Short Film Palme d'Or]]

• Peel by Jane Campion
• Jury Prize for Fiction: Les Petites Magiciennes by Vincent Mercier and Yves Robert
• Jury Prize for Animation: Heiduque by Y. Katsap, L. Gorokhov

Independent Awards

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Prizes]]

• The Decline of the American Empire by Denys Arcand (Directors' Fortnight)
• The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky (In competition)

''Commission Supérieure Technique''

• Technical Grand Prize: The Mission by Roland Joffé

[[Prize of the Ecumenical Jury]]

• The Sacrifice by Andrei Tarkovsky
  • Special Mention: Thérèse by Alain Cavalier

Award of the Youth

• Foreign Film: She's Gotta Have It by Spike Lee
• French Film: High Speed by Monique Dartonne and Michel Kaptur

References

Media

• INA: Roman Polanski presents Pirates at the opening of the 1986 Festival (interview in French)
• INA: List of winners of the 1986 festival (commentary in French)

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